Both the building and blades of this reconstructed 19th-century windmill can turn in a breeze.

It's believed this well was once plagued with evil spirits until St. Columba purified the water.

A miner's handmade folk art fountains are tucked in the woods off a multilane highway. 

Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.

The memorial honors the lives of rhinoceroses killed by poachers.

After 800 years, Europe's oldest elm tree has met its end.

The first outlet of Canada's biggest fast-food franchise has been slinging doughnuts since 1964.

The oldest church in Inverness witnessed the brutal executions of many Scottish soldiers.

The oldest extant wooden jail in South Dakota and possibly the United States. 

The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

Public opinion is still divided on this enormous sculpture in front of Baltimore's Penn Station.

A touching tribute to the "Wonky Donkey."

Stone markers on the campus of Gallaudet University commemorate a peculiar school tradition.

Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.